Princess Mary Christmas Fund Gift Tin with Contents
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| Subject | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Title | Princess Mary Christmas Fund Gift Tin with Contents |
| Notes | The then Princess Mary (and others!) thought the war would be over by Christmas 1914, so wished to send a gift to all the currently serving forces. The money for the gift was raised by charity collection. The tins contained either (for a smoker) cigarettes and pipe tobacco, or (for non-smokers) sweets. Other gifts included spices for Indian troops etc. With the main contents other items were also included, such as, e.g. a bullet pencil or pipe. Most tins included a Christmas card and photograph. This example contains the bullet pencil, Christmas Card, photograph, and packet of opened cigarettes. The Gospel of St. John was not given as a gift by the Christmas fund, but was found in the tin. |
| Item Date | December 1914 - 1918 |
| Creation place | Unknown |
| File type | Image |
| Item source | Artifact |
| Item medium | Mixed |
| Content | Memorabilia |
| Cataloguer | Richard Marshall |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Lewis Trickey |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/8940 |
